flatback and leather books
April 15th, 2009 by Kawika Heftel
This is a book I made myself in a bookbinding class with my lovely wife. It’s a flatback book – a book with a hard spine similar to many books you may buy commercially. I can’t believe I made something so cool! Bookbinding is neat, but takes many hours of hard work. The finished product is amazing, though! Below are pictures of Shanae’s flatback book:
Shanae is so artistic. She can take ordinary things and imbue them with artistry and beauty. I am truly blessed to be at her side. She took the already-cool book above and made a matching box for it, to keep it safe and protect it. Here are the pictures:
But coolest of all is her final project for this class. She made a leather-covered book to use for quotes. The edges of the pages are burned so they have a cool, blackened, irregular look. She used her awesome calligraphy skills to put famous quotes on many of the interior pages. Basically this book rocks:
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